Hello From Dubuque, IA!

[R3bauer]

Hello all! My name is Adam and I am 40 year old husband, veteran and father. I am starting to homestead my 5 acre home with a small (150 sq ft) raised bed garden and 11 chickens. My youngest son (13) helps me with the garden and yard. I have about 1.5 acres that are currently mowable and the rest is woodland.

 

[Carol Dee]

@R3bauer from about an hour south! Near Davenport, IA! Glad to have you gardening with us.

 

[Nyboy]

Welcome from NY

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@R3bauer :

A big welcome from down in Alabam'

You'll never find a more helpful, knowledgeable forum than this good place right here! Best of luck in starting out, and make sure to keep us posted on your progress. Also, as the wife of a veteran, thanks kindly for the service you provided to our country. I've seen too many folks this day in age disrespect our military and vets, so I just wanted to show a bit of gratitude!

 

[baymule]

Hello all! My name is Adam and I am 40 year old husband, veteran and father. I am starting to homestead my 5 acre home with a small (150 sq ft) raised bed garden and 11 chickens. My youngest son (13) helps me with the garden and yard. I have about 1.5 acres that are currently mowable and the rest is woodland.

@R3bauer from about an hour south! Near Davenport, IA! Glad to have you gardening with us.

Y'all are neighbors! An hour's drive is nothing, y'all need to visit each other! Several of us on BYH have met and we do a lunch every so often.

Adam, welcome to the forum. Growing your own food is not only good for your tummy, it is good for your soul. Congrats on the homestead, can't wait to hear more about it!

We have 8 acres with 3 horses, 11 sheep, 7 Muscovy ducks, 3 dogs and a crap load of chickens!

 

[aftermidnight]

And a big welcome from north of the border, you're going to love it here.

Annette

 

[so lucky]

Lucky you! A garden and woods, both! Glad to have you aboard.

 

[valley ranch]

Welcome to you Adam ~ " Dubuque " ~ I'm trying to pronounce that ~ I'll work on it ``` It's good to have you come by ~ maybe you can ~ tell us more ~ show us ~ your garden ~ you know ~ what you plant this season ~ we'll show you some of ours ```

Richard

 

[valley ranch]

Y'all are neighbors! An hour's drive is nothing, y'all need to visit each other! Several of us on BYH have met and we do a lunch every so often.

Adam, welcome to the forum. Growing your own food is not only good for your tummy, it is good for your soul. Congrats on the homestead, can't wait to hear more about it!

We have 8 acres with 3 horses, 11 sheep, 7 Muscovy ducks, 3 dogs and a crap load of chickens!

You have three horses now ~ Great and Muscovy ~ folks had them on the ranch ~ they use to stand around in a circle and hiss and gossip ~ one day a wild duck ~ came down ~ exhausted from flying ~ and stayed forever ~ n ~ she eventually ~ would gather in the grope ~ and gossip with them ~ sorry ~ had to say that here ```

 

[R3bauer]

Thank you all for the warm welcome. I jacked up my right elbow so my youngest son (13) has been doing the heavy lifting today. He cleared a 5ft×20ft overgrown burm, an area around some trees and the started to clean out our 10ft×10ft garden to get ready for our 3 5ft×10ft raised beds.
As far as animals we have 4 American shorthair cats, a 11 month old female Boxer, a green cheek conure, a turtle and 11 chicks, 5 ISA Browns and 6 Black Australorps.